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New Centromeric Component Cenp-w Is a Rna-associated Nuclear Matrix Protein That Interacts with Nucleophosmin (b23)

NEW CENTROMERIC COMPONENT CENP-W IS A RNA-ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN THAT INTERACTS WITH NUCLEOPHOSMIN (B23) Younghwa Chun, Byoungwoo Park, Wansoo Koh, Sunhee Lee, Yeongmi Cheon, Raehyung Kim, Lihua Che, and Soojin Lee Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Chungnam National University, 305-764, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Running head: CENP-W interacts with B23 These authors c...

On the Trade-off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

The Introductory Essay: Richard Wright's Covert Challenging of Jim Crowism and Uncle Tomism

Richard Wright’s introductory essay to his collection of short stories Uncle Tom's Children describes hidden forms of resistance against Jim Crowism and Uncle Tomism. The essay entitled The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch relates Wright’s daily confrontations with Jim Crowism with a particular emphasis on his evasive actions, and his covert activities, such as silence, pla...

Structural properties and neuronal toxicity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–associated Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 aggregates

The appearance of protein aggregates is a characteristic of protein misfolding disorders including familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease caused by inherited mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). Here, we use live cell imaging of neuronal and nonneuronal cells to show that SOD1 mutants (G85R and G93A) form an aggregate structure consisting of immobile sc...

A database for allergenic proteins and tools for allergenicity prediction

UNLABELLED The AllergenPro database has developed a web-based system that will provide information about allergen in microbes, animals and plants. The database has three major parts and functions:(i) database list; (ii) allergen search; and (iii) allergenicity prediction. The database contains 2,434 allergens related information readily available in the database such as on allergens in rice mic...